2012-12-01
2012-12-31
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's blowing across the country, hitting big cities and stranding travelers just before christmas. it's friday, december 21st. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good friday morning. i'm sunny hostin in for paula faris. >> no end of the world just yet. >> not yet. >> we're rocking steady up here. it is friday, everybody. 12-21-21. good morning, i'm rob nelson. that storm is blasting a big area from chicago to boston this morning. the latest is coming up in a second. from accuweather the story of the week, in connecticut, that tragedy. and one week after the massacre, how the nation will pause today and remember the victims as the debate over gun violence continues to intensify around the country. another somber occasion in what's been an extraordinarily somber week. >> for me it doesn't even feel like a week. >> no. and you can imagine in newtown, it doesn't feel anything like christmas should feel. just horribly sad. we'll bring you the latest coming up in a second. >>> also this morning, the people who are insisting that the end of the world is happening today, all this talk abou

in several cities, why gun owners were so anxious to get their weapons off their hands. >>> on later this half hour, it was no ordinary christmas carol to say the least. how a funny show put humor aside with an extremely touching rendition of "silent night." a lot of attention on facebook and twitter how "saturday night live" began their program. a moving and fitting tribute there to the victims of this tragedy. >> so rare for "saturday night live." >> i haven't seen anything like that -- i don't think we've seen this national outpouring of emotion since maybe 9/11. it's rising to that level in a lot of ways. >>> but first, president obama is back at the white house this morning after delivering a powerful message during a memorial service in newtown, connecticut. >> there were hugs, tears in a room filled with applause as first responders enter the high school auditorium for last night's interfaith service. hundreds turned out to remember the 20 children and 6 adults killed in last friday's elementary school massacre. and in a very emotional address, the president said simply the co

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of the national rifle association, and new york city michael bloomberg standing with victims of gun violence, there is one issue to confront -- access to guns. >> this is just ridiculous. this is an outrage. we are killing each other. and we're the only industrialized country in the world doing it. >> reporter: proposals being pushed in congress include reinstating the ban on certain types of semiautomatic rifles, which expired in 2004. and banning high capacity magazines. even some gun stalwarts such as west virginia democratic senator joe manchin sounded a bit more compromising. >> i don't know anyone in the sporting or hunting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. i don't know anybody that needs 30 rounds in a clip to go hunting. >> reporter: white house officials say the president does not only view this tragedy through the lens of access to guns, but education and a violent popular culture. while the president has occasionally talked about gun control -- >> weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on the streets. >> reporter: action is a different matter

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